7 rem mag/noslers/4831/215m
I estimate 10 deer&pigs per year for about 25 yrs
I estimate 10 deer&pigs per year for about 25 yrs
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G19Jeeper
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I've got a lot of favorite but the most recent is a Kimber Montana .280 Ackley I picked up in the classifieds. Great for long walks in the mountains here in PA. It's spoiling me.
AntsRick
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Most = 6.5 x 55 swede (Mauser M94 sporterized by my dad); favorite = 284 win (deer include AK caribou & moose; REM m7 SS 7-08 rechambered to 284-passed on to one of my sons now as I'm tinkering w/a Tikka 7RM).
billflangjr813
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I did buy a 6.5 PRC I a tikka. It's a hell of a nice round. Haven't hunted with it. It got some recoil to it. The ballistics are awesome.Who needs the NeedMore
LRNut
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Yup. My go to rifle in Minnesota is a .308 Win Rem Mod 7 with a 20" barrel. Shorter barrels are handy in the tree stand. For more open areas, I use a custom 300 RUM topped with a NF.
Sealesniper
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In my younger years, it was a .308 and then a .243. I killed 53 one year with just the .243.
Today, I have grown and has my arsenal. I still have the old standards, but have built many customs and most are wildcats and I always have the dilemma of which to take.
If I was only allowed one deer rifle caliber, it would be the 6.5x284
Today, I have grown and has my arsenal. I still have the old standards, but have built many customs and most are wildcats and I always have the dilemma of which to take.
If I was only allowed one deer rifle caliber, it would be the 6.5x284
While I own and use numerous calibers/rifles/handguns for hunting, decades ago and following family advise and tradition, it was the 30-06, but I went a different route in loads by using the 165 GK-BTSP and also its HP version. Then I went to 270W using 130-140 BTSP, and a few years later after buying a 243 for my then young son, I found myself enjoying a killing a lot of deer with 243's and 6mm Rems along with the later 6mmRemAI. About 30 years ago, I purchased a 25-06 and immediately fell in love with the caliber.
Many years later and after purchasing and building many more rifles suitable for deer and other, today for deer, I find myself bringing out the 6mm's and 25-06 more than anything else. There have been several very effective loads in each, but lately, I tend to stick with Nosler AB's and Barnes TTSX's.
Many years later and after purchasing and building many more rifles suitable for deer and other, today for deer, I find myself bringing out the 6mm's and 25-06 more than anything else. There have been several very effective loads in each, but lately, I tend to stick with Nosler AB's and Barnes TTSX's.
I know that feeling all too well. I have an old custom, light weight mountain rifle with an early synthetic stock in 6RemAI topped with an old, light 3-9x32mm Burris. Often, I have contemplated changing the glass, but it is so clear and bright for its size and weight, I have left it alone. It is most pleasurable to carry.
After thinking about my previous post, which I still stand by, but... "if" I could have what I had at one time hunting Deer... a Remington 24" barrel M700 BDL in 6.5 Rem Mag... I think that would be my all-time pick for an all-around Deer rifle. Hunting in 69 above the Columbia River in the Golden Dale area... just plan worked. It's a cartridge that many seem to just pass by that is one of the best 6.5s I've ever used... I wish it had come back in something other than carbines with Remington after the BDL The 6.5 Rem Mag was way ahead of its time. Oh for the old days. 
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A family friend had the 6.5mag in an early production M600. Great caliber, but could use a longer barrel for better ballistics.After thinking about my previous post, which I still stand by, but... "if" I could have what I had at one time hunting Deer... a Remington 24" barrel M700 BDL in 6.5 Rem Mag... I think that would be my all-time pick for an all-around Deer rifle. Hunting in 69 above the Columbia River in the Golden Dale area... just plan worked. It's a cartridge that many seem to just pass by that is one of the best 6.5s I've ever used... I wish it had come back in something other than carbines with Remington after the BDL The 6.5 Rem Mag was way ahead of its time. Oh for the old days.
Killed more deer with a .300 Winnie, shooting a 6.5 PRC these days and love it too!!!
I Agree! In a longer barrel, it's a real performer. Cheers
LBEdgin
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243 Winchester
